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Denis Wirtz: Taking a precancerous lesion for a spin

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Aug 9, 2024, 17:20

Denis Wirtz: Taking a precancerous lesion for a spin

Denis Wirtz, VP of Research at Johns Hopkins University, shared a post on X about a recent paper by Ashley Kiemen et al. titled “3D histology reveals that immune response to pancreatic precancers is heterogeneous and depends on global pancreas structure” published in bioRxiv.

Authors: Ashley L. Kiemen, Cristina Almagro-Pérez, Valentina Matos, Ralph H. Hruban, Denis Wirtz et al.

“Taking a precancerous lesion for a spin.

Via color coding, we show how the content in different tissue components (immune cells, fat, ducts, islets, blood vessels, etc) in the proximity of that pancreatic lesion.”

Proceed to the video attached to the post.
Source: Denis Wirtz/X

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